Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

I was watching the SCF with a Michigan friend who is only a casual fan. When Sammy got the puck, I complained that they had given it to him and expounded on how he was the Shinguard Assassin/Logo Hunter.

Then he scored, and I announced that it was a fluke. Before I'd gotten the egg off my face, he scored again. I gave myself over to him, allowing myself to be sucked forever into the vortex that is Sammy.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Lilja. He would follow up terrible play with shockingly amazing play. Despite this, he was always a likable guy.

Definate HM to Lilja. Somewhere around 2008 he went from whipping boy to cult hero, I think in large part due to GMR's relentless promotion of him as the Pain Train, possessor of the most fearsome pair of fists since Bob Probert.

But in all seriousness he was a realgud shot blocker and PKer, we could really have done with him in the 2009 finals.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

"Of All Time"... yet your list ignores the first 70 years of Red Wings Hockey.

Sean Avery has to rank high on that list. Biggest DB in Wings history, if not NHL history.

Tony McKegney was a locker room cancer and lasted only 14 games here. He was acquired with Bernie Federko in exchange for Adam Oates and Paul MacLean in what was one of the 2 worst trades in team history.

Samuelsson... in addition to previous posts, last year, while injured off-and-on, he wouldn't skate with the team, and somewhere there's a Babcock quote floating around that says "he just doesn't fit in here" or something to that effect.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

...Tony McKegney was a locker room cancer and lasted only 14 games here. He was acquired with Bernie Federko in exchange for Adam Oates and Paul MacLean in what was one of the 2 worst trades in team history.

Detroit Red Wings News, Views and Community since 1996

Founded in 1996, LetsGoWings.com is a community of thousands of hockey fans from the Metro Detroit area and around the world dedicated to cheering on and following the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.